Customs Tariff Validation Act 2009 (Cth)

Customs Tariff Validation Act 2009

No. 29, 2009

An Act to validate certain collections of duties of customs

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Customs Tariff Validation Act 2009

No. 29, 2009

An Act to validate certain collections of duties of customs

[Assented to 13 May 2009]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Customs Tariff Validation Act 2009.

2Commencement

This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 14 May 2009.

3Validation of collections because of customs tariff proposal

1. (1)

   All duties of customs demanded or collected before 14 May 2009 because of the customs tariff proposal proposed in the House of Representatives on 13 May 2008 are taken to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.

2. (2)

   Subsection (1) applies to duties of customs whether they were demanded or collected:

   1. (a)

      at the rate proposed in the customs tariff proposal proposed in the House of Representatives on 13 May 2008; or

   2. (b)

      at a higher rate resulting from indexation of the rate proposed on 13 May 2008 or from indexation of the result of indexation of that rate.

4Validation of collections because of Gazette notice

All duties of customs demanded or collected before 14 May 2009 because of a notice published in the Gazette on 26 April 2008 under section 273EA of the Customs Act 1901 are taken to have been lawfully imposed and lawfully demanded or collected.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 12 May 2009

Senate on 12 May 2009]

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